The Hon. Justice Monika Schmidt of the Supreme Court of New South Wales launched the Australian Neurolaw Database, a collaboration between the University of Sydney and Macquarie University, at a special event recently.

Former High Court Justice and Sydney Law School alumnus the Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG has been appointed by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to a high-level panel on health technology, innovation and access.

"If you were sitting by the river, and someone floated by - drowning - would you go in and save them?" asked Professor Rob Moodie AM, speaking at a public seminar jointly hosted by Sydney Law School and the Charles Perkins Centre on 7 October."But here's the real question: how many people would need to float by, drowning, until you felt compelled to go upstream and see who was pushing them in?"

Third year Arts/Law students, Maxine Malaney and Samuel Hore recently represented Sydney Law School at the Herbert Smith Freehills International Negotiations Competition, held at the National Law University (NLU) in Delhi.

Winnie Liu has just been awarded 'Outstanding New Leader' as part of the 2015 Australasian Peer Leader Awards, one of the most prestigious Australasian awards for outstanding contribution to student learning.

On the 25 June, the Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics hosted the first Sydney Neurolaw Workshop: Neuroscience in Australian Courtrooms: Responsibility, Liability and the Capacity to Punish here at Sydney Law School.

Find out what Sydney Law School experts are writing and being interviewed about in the media. This month: the Joe Hockey v Fairfax Media defamation judgment; citizenship stripping proposals; GST reform, and more.

Professor Larry Gostin's "Global Health Law" class took an interesting turn on Thursday afternoon, 16 July, with a "guest lecture" from the Honourable Michael Kirby, former Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Find out what Sydney Law School experts are writing and being interviewed about in the media. This month: Ireland's marriage referendum; dual citizenship proposals; humanitarian concerns over EU migrant crisis, and more.

Scott McIntyre's challenge to his dismissal from SBS following offensive Anzac Day tweets presents a new test case for the Fair Work Act, writes Dean of the Sydney Law School, Professor Joellen Riley. First published in The Conversation.

Find out what Sydney Law School experts are writing and being interviewed about in the media. This month: digital consumption tax plan; methamphetamine use in New South Wales; the legal rights of mothers, and more.

Efforts to stop the deaths of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran​ have failed, but questions remain, and it is the AFP who must provide the answers, writes Professor Mark Findlay in the Sydney Morning Herald.

A team of five University of Sydney law students has won the Jessup International Law Moot Court competition, following up their recent success winning the Australian National Rounds of the competition in the High Court in February.

Five students from the Sydney Law School have brought home a swag of awards from the Australian National Rounds of the Jessup International Law Moot Court competition, the world's most prestigious moot court competition.

Applications are now open for the 2015 Justice Peter Hely Scholarship. The Scholarship was established by the Law School through contributions from the friends and colleagues of the late Justice Peter Hely to promote postgraduate study in the fields of commercial law and equity.